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User Manual of PS-7900SI/MI Series DVR

Safety Warnings and Cautions

Please pay attention to the following warnings and cautions:

Hazardous Voltage may be present:

Special measures and precautions must be

taken when using this device. Some potentials (voltages) on the device may present a

hazard to the user. This device should only be used by the Employees from our

company with knowledge and training in working with these types of devices that contain live circuits.

Power Supply Hazardous Voltage:

AC mains voltages are present within the power supply assembly.

This device must be connected to a UL approved, completely enclosed power supply, of the proper rated

voltage and current.

No user serviceable parts inside the power supply.

System Grounding (Earthing):

To avoid shock, ensure that all AC wiring is not exposed and that the

earth grounding is maintained. Ensure that any equipment to which this device will be attached is also

connected to properly wired grounded receptacles and are approved medical devices.

Power Connect and Disconnect:

The AC power supply cord is the main

disconnect device to mains (AC power).The socket outlet shall be installed near the

equipment and shall be readily accessible.

Installation and Maintenance:

Do not connect/disconnect any cables to or perform

installation/maintenance on this device during an electrical storm.

Summary of Contents for PS-7900MI Series

Page 1: ...PS 7900SI MI Series DVR USER MANUAL ...

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Page 3: ...must be connected to a UL approved completely enclosed power supply of the proper rated voltage and current No user serviceable parts inside the power supply System Grounding Earthing To avoid shock ensure that all AC wiring is not exposed and that the earth grounding is maintained Ensure that any equipment to which this device will be attached is also connected to properly wired grounded receptac...

Page 4: ...erchlorate material Taiwan battery recycling Please recycle batteries Thermal and Mechanical Injury Some components such as heat sinks power regulators and processors may be hot care should be taken to avoid contact with these components Electro Magnetic Interference This equipment has not been tested for compliance with emissions limits of FCC and similar international regulations This device is ...

Page 5: ...is applicable to PS 7904SI PS 7908SI PS 7916SI PS 7904MI PS 7908MI and PS 7916MIseries DVR This manual may contain several technically incorrect places or printing errors and the content is subject to change without notice The updates will be added into the new version of this manual We will readily improve or update the products or procedures described in the manual ...

Page 6: ...is properly secured to a rack or shelf Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit Use the device in conjunction with an UPS if possible Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device Improper use or replacement of the battery ...

Page 7: ...ed live view channel can be shielded Motion detection tamper proof video exception and video loss alarm functions Privacy mask Multiple PTZ protocols supported setting and calling of PTZ preset patrol and pattern Zooming in by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging mouse HDD Management 1 SATA hard disk can be connected to PS 7900SI and PS 7904MI and 2 SATA hard disks to PS 7908MI PS 7916MI...

Page 8: ...rmal Other Local Functions Operable by mouse or IR remote control Three level user management admin user is allowed to create many operating accounts and define their operating permission which includes the limit to access any channel Operation exceptions and log recording and searching Import and export of device configuration information Network Functions 1 self adaptive 10M 100M network interfa...

Page 9: ...ual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 8 Embedded WEB server Development Scalability SDK for Windows and Linux system Source code of application software for demo Development support and training for application system ...

Page 10: ...3 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode 30 3 3 Adjusting Live View Settings 33 3 4 Channel zero Encoding 35 3 5 User Logout 36 C H A P T E R 4 37 PTZ Controls 37 4 1 Configuring PTZ Settings 38 4 2 Setting PTZ Presets Patrols Patterns 38 4 2 1 Customizing Presets 38 4 2 2 Calling Presets 39 4 2 3 Customizing Patrols 40 4 2 4 Calling Patrols 42 4 2 5 Customizing Patterns 43 4 2 6 Calling Patterns...

Page 11: ...arch 90 7 1 3 Backing up by Event Search 93 7 1 4 Backing up Video Clips 96 7 2 Managing Backup Devices 98 C H A P T E R 8 102 Alarm Settings 102 8 1 Setting Motion Detection 103 8 2 Detecting Video Loss 106 8 3 Detecting Video Tampering 107 8 4 Handling Exceptions 108 8 5 Setting Alarm Response Actions 109 C H A P T E R 9 110 Network Settings 110 9 1 Configuring General Settings 111 9 2 Configuri...

Page 12: ...11 2 Configuring Privacy Mask 144 11 3 Configuring Video Parameters 145 C H A P T E R 1 2 146 Device Management and Maintenance 146 12 1 Viewing System Information 147 12 1 1 Viewing Device Information 147 12 1 2 Viewing Camera Information 147 12 1 3 Viewing Record Information 147 12 1 4 Viewing Network Information 148 12 1 5 Viewing HDD Information 148 12 2 Searching Exporting Log Files 150 12 3 ...

Page 13: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 12 13 4 4 Changing Password of Admin 165 13 5 Logging out Shutting down Rebooting Device 166 C H A P T E R 1 4 167 Appendix 167 Glossary 168 FAQ 169 ...

Page 14: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 13 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction ...

Page 15: ...Control Panel Buttons N o Name Function Description 1 POWER POWER indicator turns green when DVR is powered up 2 STATUS STATUS indicator lights in red when HDD is reading writing 3 Tx Rx Tx Rx indictor blinks green when network connection is functioning properly 4 USB Interface Connects USB mouse or USB flash memory devices 5 IR Receiver IR receiver for IR remote 1 2 3 5 4 ...

Page 16: ... Switching to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode Inputting numbers and characters in Edit mode Switching between different channels in All day Playback mode 4 EDIT Button Editing text fields When editing text fields it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in front of the cursor On checkbox fields pressing the EDIT button will tick the checkbox In...

Page 17: ... mode 15 RESERVED Reserved 16 F1 Button Selecting all items on the list when used in a list field In PTZ Control mode it will turn on off PTZ light 17 PTZ Control Buttons Adjusting the iris focus and zoom of a PTZ camera 18 F2 Button Cycle through tab pages Troubleshooting Remote Control Note Make sure you have installed batteries properly in the remote control And you have to aim the remote contr...

Page 18: ...Click Live view Select channel and show the quick set menu Menu Select and enter Double Click Live view Switch single screen and multi screen Click and Drag PTZ control pan tilt and zoom Tamper proof privacy mask and motion detection Select target area Digital zoom in Drag and select target area Live view Drag channel time bar Right Click Single Click Live view Show menu Menu Exit current menu to ...

Page 19: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 18 Lowercase Uppercase Backspace Space Enter Exit ...

Page 20: ...ription 1 VIDEO IN BNC connector for analog video input 2 VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output 3 USB Interface Connects USB mouse or USB flash memory devices 4 HDMI HDMI video output 5 VGA DB15 connector for VGA output Display local video output and menu 6 AUDIO IN RCA connector for audio input 7 AUDIO OUT RCA connector for audio output 8 LAN Interface Connector for LAN Local Area Network 9 RS...

Page 21: ...vice Steps 1 Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS be used in conjunction with the device 2 Press the POWER button on the rear panel The Power indicator LED should turn green indicating that the unit begins to start up Shutting down the device Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 1 7 Shutdown Me...

Page 22: ...PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 21 Figure 1 9 Message Box for Power Off 4 Turn off the power switch on the rear panel of DVR Rebooting the device In the Shutdown menu Figure 1 7 you can also click Reboot to reboot the device ...

Page 23: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 22 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started ...

Page 24: ...e 2 Check the checkbox to enable Setup Wizard when device starts Click Next to continue the setup wizard You can also click Cancel to exit the Setup Wizard or use the Setup Wizard next time by leaving the Start wizard when DVR starts checkbox checked and exit Figure 2 2 Start Wizard Interface 3 Click Next button on the Wizard window to enter the Login window as shown in Figure 2 3 1 Enter the admi...

Page 25: ...ate format system date and system time Figure 2 4 Date and Time Settings 5 Click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window as shown in Figure 2 5 Set the network parameters including the NIC type IPv4 address IPv4 subnet mask default gateway etc You can enable the DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server ...

Page 26: ...e 2 6 To initialize the HDD click the Init button Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD Figure 2 6 HDD Management 7 Click Next button to enter the Record Settings window as shown in Figure 2 7 1 Select the camera to configure 2 Check the checkbox to enable Start Recording 3 Select the recording mode to Normal or Motion Detection ...

Page 27: ...ord Settings 4 Click Copy to copy the record settings of the current camera to other camera s if needed as shown in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 Copy Record Settings 5 Click OK to return to the Record Settings window 8 Click OK to complete the startup Setup Wizard ...

Page 28: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 27 C H A P T E R 3 Live View ...

Page 29: ...u re on brings you to the Live View mode Live View Icons In the live view mode there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel showing the status of the record and alarm in the channel so that you can know whether the channel is recorded or whether there are alarms occur as soon as possible Table 3 1 Description of Live View Icons Icons Description Alarm video loss tampering motion...

Page 30: ... When both HDMI and VGA are connected or either one is connected it is used as the auxiliary video output for live view playback recording and PTZ controls When both HDMI and VGA are not connected it is used as the main video output for live view playback recording PTZ control and menu operations When the aux output is enabled you can do some basic operation on the live view mode for the Aux outpu...

Page 31: ...use on this camera 3 2 2 Using an Auxiliary Monitor Certain features of the Live View are also available while in an Aux monitor These features include Single Screen Switch to a full screen display of the selected camera Camera can be selected from a dropdown list Multi screen Switch different display layout options Layout options can be selected from a dropdown list Next Screen When displaying le...

Page 32: ...1 Set the period of a day for configuring independent image parameters so as to satisfy different light conditions e g daylight and night time Two periods can be configured When you have configured Period 1 the Period 2 is remained as the Other Time 2 Select the mode from the drop down menu according to different light conditions Four modes are selectable Standard in general lighting conditions de...

Page 33: ...arpness is 0 15 4 Copy image parameters 1 If you want to copy the image parameters of the current camera to other camera s click the Copy button to enter the Copy to interface Figure 3 5 Copy Image Settings to Other Camera s 2 Select the camera s to be configured with the image settings You can also click the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras 3 Click the OK button to finish the Copy setting...

Page 34: ...nabling auto switch in Live View Enable Audio Output Enable disable audio output for the selected video output Notes 1 When the VGA HDMI output interface is used as the main video output and the Audio Output for the VGA HDMI output interface is enabled the VGA HDMI audio and AUDIO OUT can be used for live view playback and two way audio 2 When the VGA HDMI output is used as the main video output a...

Page 35: ...ra order 1 Click the View tab to enter the camera order settings interface 2 Select the video output 3 Click the up and down button at each screen to select the channel you would like to display Setting an X means the channel will not be displayed 4 Click the Apply button to save the setting ...

Page 36: ...e image quality channel zero encoding is supported as an option for you Steps 1 Enter the Live View Settings interface Menu Configuration Live View 2 Select the Channel Zero Encoding tab Figure 3 8 Live View Channel Zero Encoding 3 Check the checkbox after Enable Channel Zero Encoding 4 Configure the Frame Rate Max Bitrate Mode and Max Bitrate After you set the Channel Zero encoding you can get a ...

Page 37: ...mode and if you want to do some operation you need to enter user name and password to log in again Steps 1 Enter the Shutdown menu Menu Shutdown Figure 3 9 Shutdown 2 Click Logout Note After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required a user name and password to login the system ...

Page 38: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 37 C H A P T E R 4 PTZ Controls ...

Page 39: ... Note All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters Only PTZ Protocol can be set for network cameras Example If the PTZ camera has a Baud rate as 115200 you should input 115200 in the Baud rate field 4 Click Copy if you want to configure same settings to other PTZ cameras 5 Click Apply button to save the settings 4 2 Setting PTZ Presets Patrols Patterns Before you star...

Page 40: ...t the steps2 4 to save more presets If the number of the presets you want to save is more than 17 you can click and choose the available numbers Figure 4 3 More Presets 4 2 2 Calling Presets Purpose This feature enables the camera to point to a specified position such as a window when an event takes place Call preset in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera ...

Page 41: ... in live view mode Figure 4 5 PTZ Toolbar 2 Choose Camera in the list on the menu 3 Choose preset in the Preset list 4 2 3 Customizing Patrols Purpose Patrols can be set to move the PTZ to different key points and have it stay there for a set duration before moving on to the next key point The key points are corresponding to the presets The presets can be set following the steps above in Customizi...

Page 42: ...nt and speed of patrol The key point is corresponding to the preset The Key Point No determines the order at which the PTZ will follow while cycling through the patrol The Duration refers to the time span to stay at the corresponding key point The Speed defines the speed at which the PTZ will move from one key point to the next Figure 4 7 Key point Configuration 5 Click OK to save the key point to...

Page 43: ...ol makes the PTZ to move according the predefined patrol path Calling patrol in the PTZ setting interface Steps 1 In the PTZ setting interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Select the patrol number and then click to call the patrol 3 Click to stop it Figure 4 9 Calling Patrol Calling preset in live view mode Steps ...

Page 44: ...ure 4 10 PTZ Toolbar Patrol 4 2 5 Customizing Patterns Purpose Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PTZ You can call the pattern to make the PTZ movement according to the predefined path Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface Menu Camera PTZ More Settings 2 Choose pattern number in the option box Figure 4 11 PTZ Pattern 3 Click and use your mouse to drag the image or click the eig...

Page 45: ...TZ setting interface Steps 1 Enter the PTZ Control interface 2 Select the pattern number 3 Click then the PTZ moves according to the pattern Click to stop it Figure 4 12 PTZ Calling Pattern Call pattern in live view mode Steps 1 In the live view mode press PTZ control on the IR remote control or click PTZ Control icon on the quick setting toolbar 2 And then choose Pattern on the control bar 3 Doub...

Page 46: ...gure 4 14 PTZ Toolbar Table 4 1 Description of the PTZ toolbar icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button and the auto cycle button Zoom Focus Iris Zoom Focus Iris The speed of the PTZ movement Light on off Wiper on off 3D Zoom Image Centralization Preset Patrol Pattern Menu Previous item Next item Start pattern patrol Stop the patrol or pattern movement Minimize win...

Page 47: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 46 C H A P T E R 5 Record Settings ...

Page 48: ...igure 5 1 HDD General 2 Check the storage mode of the HDD 1 Click Advance to check the storage mode of the HDD 2 If the HDD mode is Quota please set the maximum record capacity and maximum picture capacity For detailed information see Chapter 10 5 Configuring Quota Mode 3 If the HDD mode is Group you should set the HDD group For detailed information see Chapter 5 9 Configuring HDD Group for Record...

Page 49: ...s option is only available when the HDD mode is Group and whether you want to record audio Pre record The time you set to record before the scheduled time or event For example when an alarm triggered the recording at 10 00 if you set the pre record time as 5 seconds the camera records it at 9 59 55 Post record The time you set to record after the event or the scheduled time For example when an ala...

Page 50: ... save the settings Note You can click the Restore button to restore the current main stream settings to the default parameters 3 Set encoding parameters for sub stream 1 Click the Substream tab to enter the Substream settings interface Figure 5 5 Encoding Parameters Sub stream 2 Configure the parameters for the sub stream Refer to the step of main stream settings 3 Click Apply to save the settings...

Page 51: ...re the record schedule Task 1 Edit the Schedule Steps 1 Click Edit 2 In the message box you can choose the day which you want to set schedule 3 To schedule an all day recording check checkbox to enable all day recording 4 Set the Type in the dropdown list including Normal and Motion Note To enable Motion triggered recording you must configure the motion detection settings as well For detailed info...

Page 52: ...efer to Chapter 5 6 Configuring Holiday Record and Capture Figure 5 9 Holiday Settings 6 Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu Task 2 Draw the Schedule Steps 1 Click the icon on the right to select a record type including Normal Motion and None Note To enable Motion triggered recording you must configure the motion detection settings For detailed information refer to Chapter 8 1 an...

Page 53: ...edule for other channels If the settings can also be used to other channels click Copy to enter the Copy Camera interface and then choose the channel to which you want to copy Figure 5 11 Copy Schedule to Other Channels 4 Click Apply in the Record Schedule interface to save the settings ...

Page 54: ...ter and so on In this chapter you can follow the steps to schedule a record which triggered by the detected motion Steps 1 Enter the Motion Detection interface Menu Camera Motion Figure 5 12 Motion Detection 2 Configure Motion Detection 1 Choose camera you want to configure 2 Check the checkbox after Enable Motion Detection 3 Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse If you want to set ...

Page 55: ... motion detection event to trigger recording 6 Click Apply to save the settings 7 Click OK to back to the upper level menu 8 Exit the Motion Detection menu 3 Enter Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule Record Schedule Figure 5 15 Record Schedule 1 Check the checkbox after the Enable Schedule item 2 Click Edit ...

Page 56: ...ing check the checkbox after the All Day item Figure 5 17 Edit Schedule All Day 6 To arrange other schedule leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start End time Note Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day And the time periods can t be overlapped each other Repeat the above steps3 6 to schedule motion detection triggered recording for all the week If the schedule can also be set to o...

Page 57: ...k Copy to enter the Copy Camera interface and then select the camera s you want to copy Figure 5 19 Copy Schedule to Other Channels 5 4 Manual Record Purpose Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual record When using manual record you need to manually cancel the record The manual recording is prior to the scheduled recording Steps 1 Enter the Manual settings interface Menu Manual ...

Page 58: ...ck the status bar to change it to and click again to enable the recording to manual recording by schedule recording by manual operation Note After rebooting all the manual records enabled are canceled 5 5 Configuring Holiday Record Purpose You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday for that year Steps 1 Enter the Record...

Page 59: ...he start and end date 5 Click Apply to save settings 6 Click OK to exit the Edit interface 4 Enter Record Schedule settings interface Menu Record Schedule 1 Select Record 2 Check the checkbox after Enable Schedule 3 Click Edit 4 Select Holiday from the Schedule dropdown list Figure 5 23 Edit Schedule Holiday 5 Select Motion from the Type dropdown list 6 If you need all day recording check the All ...

Page 60: ... And the time periods can t be overlapped each other In the time table of the channel both holiday schedule and normal day schedule are displayed Repeat the above steps4 7 to set Holiday schedule for other channel If the holiday schedule can also be used to other channels click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings ...

Page 61: ...before you set the HDD property to Redundant For detailed information please refer to Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group There should be at least another HDD NetHDD which is in R W mode Steps 1 Enter HDD Information interface Menu HDD Figure 5 24 HDD General 2 Select the HDD and click to enter the Local HDD Settings interface 1 Set the HDD property to Redundant Figure 5 25 HDD General Editing 2 Click...

Page 62: ...tain HDD group Steps 1 Enter HDD setting interface Menu HDD Figure 5 27 HDD General 2 Select Advanced on the left bar Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group If not set it to Group For detailed information please refer to Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group 3 Select General in the left bar Click to enter editing interface 4 Configuring HDD group 1 Choose a group number for the HDD group 2 C...

Page 63: ...vanced on the left bar Figure 5 28 HDD Advanced 2 Choose Group number in the dropdown list of Record on HDD Group 3 Check the channels you want to save in this group 4 Click Apply to save settings Note After having configured the HDD groups you can configure the Recording settings following the procedure provided in Chapter 5 2 5 6 ...

Page 64: ... from being overwritten Protect file by locking the record files Steps 1 Enter Playback setting interface Menu Playback Figure 5 29 Playback 2 Select the channels you want to investigate by checking the checkbox to 3 Configure the record type file type and start end time 4 Click Search to show the results Figure 5 30 Playback Search Result 5 Protect the record files ...

Page 65: ... unlock the file and the file is not protected Figure 5 31 Unlocking Attention Protect file by setting HDD property to Read only Note To edit HDD property you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group See Chapter 10 4 Managing HDD Group Steps 1 Enter HDD setting interface Menu HDD Figure 5 32 HDD General 2 Click to edit the HDD you want to protect Figure 5 33 HDD General Editing 3 Set the H...

Page 66: ...he HDD change the property to R W Note If there is only one HDD and is set to Read only the device can t record any files Only live view mode is available If you set the HDD to Read only when the device is saving files in it then the file will be saved in next R W HDD If there is only one HDD the recording will be stopped ...

Page 67: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 66 C H A P T E R 6 Playback ...

Page 68: ...ck by channel Steps Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar Note Only record files recorded during the last five minutes on this channel will be played back Figure 6 1 Instant Playback Interface All day Playback by channel 1 Enter the All day Playback interface Mouse right click a channel in live view mode and select All day Playback fro...

Page 69: ...erical buttons will switch playback to the corresponding channels during playback process 2 Playback management The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing progress as shown in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 All day Playback Interface The channel and time selection menu displays by moving the mouse to the right of the playback interface Click the channel s if you wan...

Page 70: ... Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Speed down Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop Speed up Previous day Next day Hide Exit Process bar Video type bar Notes 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point o...

Page 71: ...nd channel switch are supported Steps 1 Enter playback interface Menu Playback 2 Set search conditions and click the Playback button to enter Playback interface Figure 6 6 Video Search by Time In the Playback interface The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process as shown in Figure 6 7 Figure 6 7 Interface of Playback by Time ...

Page 72: ...Note 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 2 About video type bar represents normal recording manual or schedule represents event recording motion alarm motion alarm motion alarm 6 1 3 Playing Back by Normal Video Search Purpose Play back video files searched out by restricting recording type and recording tim...

Page 73: ...el If more than one channel is optional clicking button takes you to step 3 and step 4 Figure 6 10 Result of Normal Video Search 3 Choose channels for simultaneous playback Note Optional channels for simultaneous playback are the same as the channels chosen to search record files in step 1 And the channel with the recorded file selected in step 2 is the main channel during multi channel playback a...

Page 74: ...s Playback 4 Synchronous Playback interface The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Figure 6 12 4 ch Synchronous Playback Interface The hidden list of recorded files displays by moving the mouse to the right of the playback interface ...

Page 75: ...se play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop Speed up Previous file Next file Video search Exit Hide toolbar Progress bar Video type bar Note 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 2 About video type bar represents normal recording manual or schedule represents event recording motion...

Page 76: ...nfigured The Pre play refers to the time configured before the defined start time of event search and the Post play refers to the time configured after the defined end time of event search For example when the start time and end time of event search are set to 12 00 00 13 00 00 and the pre play and post play time is set to 30s and 20s respectively then the actual playback of event video file is 11...

Page 77: ...he button of each file item to enter its playback interface The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Figure 6 18 Interface of Playback by Event 1 The hidden list of events will be displayed by moving the mouse to the right of the playback interface ...

Page 78: ... Add customized tag Tag management Speed down Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop Speed up Previous event Next event Event search Exit Hide Progress bar Video type bar Note 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 2 About video type bar represents norma...

Page 79: ...ter Playback interface Figure 6 21 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag Click button to add customized tag and input tag name Note Max 64 tags can be added to a single video file 2 Tag management Click button to check edit and delete tag s Figure 6 22 Tag Management Interface Steps 1 Enter Playback interface Menu Playback Click Tag tab to enter Playback by Tag interface Ch...

Page 80: ...nditions and tag management Choose the tag name of the recorded file you want to play back it can be edited or deleted Pre play and post play time can be set according to actual needs Note Pre play time and post play time is added to the time point of the tag Figure 6 24 Result of Video Search by Tag 3 Playback by tag Choose a tag and click button to play back the related record file ...

Page 81: ...ack by Tag with Video List Figure 6 27 Toolbar of Playback by Tag Table 6 5 Detailed Explanation of Playback by tag Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on Mute Start Stop clipping 30s forward 30s reverse Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Slow down Pause reverse play Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame pla...

Page 82: ...cate special frames 2 About video type bar represents normal recording manual or schedule represents event recording motion alarm motion alarm motion alarm 6 1 6 Playing Back by System Log Purpose Play back record file s associated with channels after searching system logs Steps 1 Enter Log Search interface Menu Maintenance Log Search Figure 6 28 System Log Search Interface 2 Set search time and t...

Page 83: ...with record file and click button to enter Playback interface Note If there is no record file at the time point of the log the message box No result found will pop up The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process Figure 6 30 Interface of Playback by Log ...

Page 84: ...back of the record file click button and until the speed changes to Single frame and one click on the playback screen represents adverse playback of one frame It is also feasible to use button in toolbar 6 2 2 Smart Search Purpose In order to locate motion detection event easily and accurately in the playback progress bar you are allowed to analyze a certain area scene dynamically and to get all o...

Page 85: ...fter drawing area s click button to execute smart search in this area Note Multi area and full screen searching modes are supported Figure 6 33 Draw Area of Smart Search Results of intelligent analysis Video type bar Normal record file Event record file Dynamic record file The hidden list of record files display when moving the mouse to the right of the playback interface ...

Page 86: ...ay Reverse play Single frame reverse play Pause play Play Single frame play Stop Speed up Previous smart search result Next smart search result Video search Exit Hide Progress bar Video type bar Smart search bar Note 1 Playback progress bar use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar or drag the progress bar to locate special frames 2 About video type bar represents normal recording manua...

Page 87: ...ure 6 37 Right click Menu in Playback Mode Right click menu Note This menu differs slightly from one playback interface to another Table 6 7 Detailed Explanation of Right click Menu under Playback Button Function Switch camera for playback Return to Search interface Enter Digital Zoom interface Smart Search against a specified area Show hide control interface Return to Live View interface ...

Page 88: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 87 C H A P T E R 7 Backup ...

Page 89: ...enu Export Normal Figure 7 1 Quick Export Interface 2 Choose the channel s you want to back up and click Quick Export button Notes 1 The time duration of record files on a specified channel cannot exceed 24 hours Otherwise the message box Max 24 hours are allowed for quick export will pop up 2 The number of channels for synchronous export cannot exceed 4 Otherwise the message box Max 4 channels ar...

Page 90: ...next section Normal Backup for more backup devices supported by the device 4 Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported to the USB flash drive Figure 7 3 Export Finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 4 Checkup of Quick...

Page 91: ...ter and SATA writer Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu Export Normal Figure 7 5 Normal Video Search for Backup 2 Set search conditions and click Search button to enter the search result interface 3 Select record files you want to back up Click button to play the record file if you want to check it Check the checkbox before the record files you want to back up Note The size of the currently select...

Page 92: ...Export button and start backup Note If the inserted device is not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor You can also format USB flash drives or USB HDDs via the device USB writer and SATA writer cannot be formatted Figure 7 7 Export by Normal Video Search using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 93: ...il all record files are exported with pop up message box Export finished Figure 7 9 Export Finished 5 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 10 Checkup of Export Result using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 94: ...g USB devices USB flash drives USB HDDs USB writer or SATA writer Quick Backup and Normal Backup are supported Steps 1 Enter Export interface Menu Export Event 2 Select Motion as the event type 3 Set the start time and end time of the record files 4 Select the camera s for searching Figure 7 12 Event Search for Backup 5 Click Search button to enter the Search Result interface ...

Page 95: ...n of the record file e g start time end time file size etc Note The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower left corner of the window 2 Select record file s from the list and click Export button to enter the Export interface as shown in Figure 7 15 Figure 7 14 Event Details Interface 7 Export the selected record files Click the Export button and start backing up Note If the ...

Page 96: ...he Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Figure 7 16 Export Finished 8 Check backup result Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 17 Checkup of Event Export Result Using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 97: ...interface after finishing clipping and you will then be prompted to save the clips Note A maximum of 30 clips can be selected for each channel Figure 7 18 Interface of Playback by Time 4 Click Yes to save video clips and enter Export interface or click No to quit and do not save video clips Figure 7 19 Attention to Video Clip Saving 5 Export the video clips Click Export button and start backing up...

Page 98: ...n the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop up message Export finished Figure 7 21 Export Finished 6 Check backup result Note The Player player exe will be exported automatically during record file export Figure 7 22 Checkup of Video Clips Export Result Using USB Flash Drive ...

Page 99: ... Menu Export Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface Note At least one channel shall be selected Figure 7 23 Normal Video Search 2 Select record files you want to back up Click Export button to enter Export interface Note At least one record file shall be selected Figure 7 24 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup ...

Page 100: ...evice and click button to play it Click Format button to format the backup device Note If the inserted USB device is not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device Check for compatibility from vendor Figure 7 25 USB Flash Drive Management Management of USB writers and SATA writers 1 Enter Search Result interface of record files Menu Export Normal Set search condition and click Search but...

Page 101: ...te At least one record file shall be selected Figure 7 27 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup 3 Backup device management Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re writable CD DVD Note There must be a re writable CD DVD when you make this operation Note If the inserted USB writer or SATA writer is not recognized Click the Refresh button Reconnect device ...

Page 102: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 101 Check for compatibility from vendor Figure 7 28 USB Writer Management ...

Page 103: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 102 C H A P T E R 8 Alarm Settings ...

Page 104: ...tection area and sensitivity 1 Check the checkbox of Enable Motion Detection to enable motion detection use the mouse to draw detection area s and drag the sensitivity bar to set sensitivity 2 Click the icon of Handling to set alarm response actions Figure 8 2 Set Detection Area and Sensitivity 3 Click Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record or become full sc...

Page 105: ...4 Set Arming Schedule of Motion Detection 5 Click Handling tab to set up alarm response actions of motion alarm please refer to Chapter 8 5 1 Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days 2 Click the OK button to complete the motion detection settings of the channel 6 If you want to set up motion detec...

Page 106: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 105 Figure 8 5 Copy Settings of Motion Detection ...

Page 107: ...ss Figure 8 6 Video Loss Setup Interface 2 Select a channel you want to detect 3 Check the checkbox of Enable Video Loss Alarm 4 Click the icon of Handling to enter the Handling interface 5 Set the arming schedule and alarm response actions Please refer to Step4 and Step5 of Chapter 8 1 Setting up Motion Detection Alarm Figure 8 7 Set Arming Schedule of Video Loss 6 Click Apply to save the video l...

Page 108: ...ect a channel you want to detect video tampering 3 Move the sensitivity bar and choose a proper sensitivity level 4 Click the icon of Handling to enter the Handling interface 5 Set the arming schedule and alarm response actions Please refer to Step4 and Step5 of Chapter 8 1 Setting up Motion Detection Alarm 6 If you want to set video loss handling method for another channel repeat above steps or c...

Page 109: ...ble IP Conflicted Duplicated IP address Illegal Login Incorrect user ID or password Abnormal Video Signal Unstable video signal Input Output Video Standard Mismatch I O video standards do not match Record Exception No space for saving recorded file Steps Enter Exceptions interface of System Configuration and handle various exceptions Menu Configuration Exceptions Please refer to Chapter 8 5 for de...

Page 110: ... to Menu Configuration Live View Full Screen Monitoring Dwell Time Auto switch will terminate once the alarm stops and you will be taken back to the Live View interface Note For motion detection alarm you must select the channel s you want to make full screen monitoring Menu Camera Motion Handling Trigger Channel Audible Warning Trigger an audible beep when an alarm is detected Notify Surveillance...

Page 111: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 110 C H A P T E R 9 Network Settings ...

Page 112: ...ess IPv4 Gateway MTU and DNS Server If the DHCP server is available you can click the checkbox of DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server Note The valid value range of MTU is 500 1500 4 After having configured the general settings click the Apply button to save the settings 9 2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9 2 1 Configuring PPPoE Settings Purpose You...

Page 113: ...em Info Network interface to view the status of PPPoE connection Please refer to Chapter 12 1Viewing System Information for PPPoE status 9 2 2 Configuring DDNS Purpose If your device is set to use PPPoE as its default network connection you may set Dynamic DNS DDNS to be used for network access Prior registration with your ISP is required before configuring the system to use DDNS Steps 1 Enter the...

Page 114: ...Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website Figure 9 6 DynDNS Settings Interface PeanutHull Enter User Name and Password obtained from the PeanutHull website Figure 9 7 Peanut Hull Settings Interface NO IP Enter the account information in the corresponding fields Refer to the DynDNS settings 1 Enter Server Address for NO IP 2 In the Device Domain Name text field enter the dom...

Page 115: ...he DVR you can also enter the domain name directly on the DVR to create a new one Note If a new alias of the device domain name is defined in the DVR it will replace the old one registered on the server Figure 9 9 HiDDNS Settings Interface Register the device on the HiDDNS server 1 Go to the HiDDNS website www hik online com 2 Click to register a user account if you do not have one 3 After registr...

Page 116: ...rface Figure 9 12 NTP Settings Interface 3 Check the Enable NTP checkbox to enable this feature 4 Configure the following NTP settings Interval Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server The unit is minute NTP Server IP address of NTP server NTP Port Port of NTP server 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface Note The time synchronization interval can be set...

Page 117: ...e to receive the device information via SNMP port By setting the Trap Address the device is allowed to send the alarm event and exception message to the surveillance center 9 2 5 Configuring UPnP Purpose UPnP can permits the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing communications etc If you want to us...

Page 118: ...eck checkbox to enable UPnP 4 Click to open the External Port Settings dialog box Configure the external port No for server port HTTP port and RTSP port respectively Notes 1 You can use the default port No or change it according to actual requirements 2 External Port indicates the port No for port mapping in the router Figure 9 16 External Port Settings Dialog Box 5 You can click Refresh to get th...

Page 119: ... the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS Client Management System software e g iVMS 4200 is installed and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monitoring port configured in the software default port is 7200 Figure 9 19 Configure Alarm Host 4 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface 9 2 7 Configuring Multicast Purpose The multicast can be configured to realize liv...

Page 120: ...ettings menu by clicking Menu Configuration Network 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings men Figure 9 21 RTSP Settings Interface 3 Enter the RTSP port in the text field of RTSP Service Port The default RTSP port is 554 and you can change it according to different requirements 4 Click the Apply button to save and exit the menu 9 2 9 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports Purpose You...

Page 121: ...an Email notification to all designated users if an alarm event is detected a motion detection event is detected etc Before configuring the Email settings the device must be connected to a local area network LAN that maintains an SMTP mail server The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e mail accounts to which you want to send notif...

Page 122: ...MTP Port The SMTP port The default TCP IP port used for SMTP is 25 Enable SSL optional Click the checkbox to enable SSL if required by the SMTP server Sender The name of sender Sender s Address The Email address of sender Select Receivers Select the receiver Up to 3 receivers can be configured Receiver The name of user to be notified Receiver s Address The Email address of user to be notified Enab...

Page 123: ... Series DVR 122 6 Click the Apply button to save the Email settings 7 You can click the Test button to test whether your Email settings work The corresponding Attention message box will pop up Figure 9 26 Email Testing Attention ...

Page 124: ...in real time information of device such as linking status MTU sending receiving rate etc Steps 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect Figure 9 27 Network Traffic Interface 2 You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface The traffic data is refreshed every 1 second ...

Page 125: ...3 Enter the destination address in the text field of Destination Address 4 Click the Test button to start testing network delay and packet loss The testing result pops up on the window If the testing is failed the error message box will pop up as well Figure 9 29 Testing Result of Network Delay and Packet Loss 9 4 2 Exporting Network Packet Purpose By connecting the device to network the captured ...

Page 126: ...not be displayed When it fails to detect the backup device please check whether it is compatible with the device You can format the backup device if the format is incorrect Figure 9 30 Export Network Packet 4 Click the Export button to start exporting 5 After the exporting is complete click OK to finish the packet export Figure 9 31 Packet Export Attention Note Up to 1M data can be exported each t...

Page 127: ...s interface Steps Click Status on the right bottom of the page Figure 9 32 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out Figure 9 33 Network Status Checking Result If the message box pops out with other information instead of this one you can click Network button to show the quick setting interface of the network parameters ...

Page 128: ...real time information of the device Steps 1 Enter the Network Statistics interface Menu Maintenance Net Detect 2 Click the Network Stat tab to enter the Network Statistics menu Figure 9 35 Network Stat Interface 3 View the bandwidth of Remote Live View bandwidth of Remote Playback bandwidth of Net Total Idle information 4 Click Refresh button to get the latest bandwidth statistics ...

Page 129: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 128 C H A P T E R 1 0 HDD Management ...

Page 130: ...ive HDD must be initialized before it can be used with your device Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General Figure 10 1 HDD Information Interface 2 Select the HDD to be initialized 3 Click the Init button Figure 10 2 Confirm Initialization 4 Select the OK button to start initialization ...

Page 131: ...s DVR 130 Figure 10 3 Start Initialization 5 After the HDD has been initialized the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal Figure 10 4 HDD Status Changes to Normal Note Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it ...

Page 132: ...t as network HDD Steps 1 Enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General Figure 10 5 HDD Information Interface 2 Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface as shown in Figure 10 6 Figure 10 6 Adding NetHDD Interface 3 Add the allocated NetHDD 4 Select the type to NAS or IP SAN 5 Configure the NAS or IP SAN settings Add NAS disk ...

Page 133: ...ess in the text field 2 Click the Search button to the available IP SAN disks 3 Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below 4 Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk Note Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added Figure 10 8 Add IP SAN Disk 6 After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk return to the HDD Information menu The added NetHDD will be displayed in the list Note If the ...

Page 134: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 133 Figure 10 9 Initialize Added NetHDD ...

Page 135: ... Storage Mode interface Menu HDD Advanced 2 Set the Mode to Group as shown below Figure 10 10 Storage Mode Interface 3 Click the Apply button and the following Attention box will pop up Figure 10 11 Attention for Reboot 4 Click the Yes button to reboot the device to activate the changes 5 After reboot of device enter the HDD Information interface Menu HDD General 6 Select HDD from the list and cli...

Page 136: ...y or read write R W Before setting the HDD property please set the storage mode to Group refer to step1 4 of Chapter 10 3 1 Setting HDD Groups A HDD can be set to read only to prevent important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full in overwrite recording mode When the HDD property is set to redundancy the video can be recorded both onto the redundancy HDD and the R W HDD ...

Page 137: ...ead only or Redundancy 4 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface 5 In the HDD Information menu the HDD property will be displayed in the list Note At least 2 hard disks must be installed on your device when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy and there is one HDD with R W property ...

Page 138: ...nable the changes to take effect Figure 10 15 Storage Mode Settings Interface 3 Enter the storage capacity in the text field of Max Record Capacity GB Figure 10 16 Configure Record Quota 4 You can copy the quota settings of the current camera to other cameras if required Click the Copy button to enter the Copy Camera menu as shown below Figure 10 17 Copy Settings to Other Camera s 5 Select the cam...

Page 139: ...lect all cameras 6 Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the Storage Mode interface 7 Click the Apply button to apply the settings Note If the quota capacity is set to 0 then all cameras will use the total capacity of HDD for recording ...

Page 140: ... status of each HDD which is displayed on the list Figure 10 18 View HDD Status 1 Note If the status of HDD is Normal or Sleeping it works normally If the status is Uninitialized or Abnormal please initialize the HDD before use And if the HDD initialization is failed please replace it with a new one Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Men...

Page 141: ...rt on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures Steps 1 Enter the S M A R T Settings interface Menu HDD S M A R T 2 Select the HDD to view its S M A R T information list Note If you want to use the HDD even when the S M A R T checking is failed you can check the checkbox before the Use when the disk failed to self evaluate item Figure 10 20 S M A R T Settings Interfac...

Page 142: ...erface Menu Configuration Exceptions 2 Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list 3 Click the checkbox s below to select the HDD error alarm type s Note The alarm type can be selected to Audio Warning Notify Surveillance Center and Send Email Please refer to Chapter 8 5 Setting Alarm Response Actions Figure 10 21 Configure HDD Error Alarm 4 Click the Apply button to save the set...

Page 143: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 142 C H A P T E R 11 Camera Settings ...

Page 144: ...ay Week by clicking the checkbox 5 Select the Date Format Time Format and Display Mode Figure 11 1 OSD Configuration Interface 6 You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame on the preview window to adjust the OSD position 7 Copy Camera Settings 1 If you want to copy the OSD settings of the current camera to other cameras click the Copy button to enter the Copy Camera interface as shown ...

Page 145: ...era Privacy Mask 2 Select the camera to set privacy mask 3 Click the checkbox of Enable Privacy Mask to enable this feature Figure 11 3 Privacy Mask Settings Interface 4 Use the mouse to draw a zone on the window The zones will be marked with different frame colors Note Up to 4 privacy mask zones can be configured and the size of each area can be adjusted 5 The configured privacy mask zones on the...

Page 146: ...according to different light conditions Four modes are selectable Standard in general lighting conditions default Indoor the image is relatively smoother Dim Light the image is smoother than the other three modes Outdoor the image is relatively clearer and sharper The degree of contrast and saturation is high 5 Adjust the image parameters including the brightness contrast saturation hue and sharpn...

Page 147: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 146 C H A P T E R 1 2 Device Management and Maintenance ...

Page 148: ...on Figure 12 1 Device Information Interface 12 1 2 Viewing Camera Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the Camera tab to enter the Camera Information menu to view the status of each camera Figure 12 2 Camera Information Interface 12 1 3 Viewing Record Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2...

Page 149: ...nu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the Network tab to enter the Network Information menu to view the network information Figure 12 4 Network Information Interface 12 1 5 Viewing HDD Information Steps 1 Enter the System Information interface Menu Maintenance System Info 2 Click the HDD tab to enter the HDD Information menu to view the HDD status free space property etc ...

Page 150: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 149 Figure 12 5 HDD Information Interface ...

Page 151: ...ted at any time Steps 1 Enter the Log Search interface Menu Maintenance Log Search Figure 12 6 Log Search Interface 2 Set the log search conditions to refine your search including the Start Time End Time Major Type and Minor Type 3 Click the Search button to start searching log files 4 The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below Note Up to 2000 log files can be displayed each t...

Page 152: ...You can click the button of each log or double click it to view its detailed information And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available Figure 12 8 Log Details 6 If you want to export the log files click the Export button to enter the Export menu ...

Page 153: ... export Note 1 Please connect the backup device to device before operating log export 2 The log files exported to the backup device are named by exporting time e g 20110514124841logBack txt 12 3 Importing Exporting Configuration Files Purpose The configuration files of the device can be exported to local device for backup and the configuration files of one device can be imported to multiple device...

Page 154: ...iguration files to the selected local backup device 3 To import a configuration file select the file from the selected backup device and click the Import button After the import process is completed you must reboot the device Note After having finished the import of configuration files the device will reboot automatically ...

Page 155: ...e local upgrade menu Figure 12 11 Local Upgrade Interface 4 Select the update file from the backup device 5 Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading 6 After the upgrading is complete reboot the device to activate the new firmware 12 4 2 Upgrading by FTP Before you start Configure PC running FTP server and device to the same Local Area Network Run the 3rd party TFTP software on the PC and copy t...

Page 156: ...ual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 155 3 Enter the FTP Server Address in the text field 4 Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading 5 After the upgrading is complete reboot the device to activate the new firmware ...

Page 157: ... interface Menu Maintenance Default Figure 12 13 Restore Factory Default 2 Click the OK button to restore the default settings Note Except the network parameters including IP address subnet mask gateway MTU and server port all other parameters of the device will be restored to factory default settings ...

Page 158: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 157 C H A P T E R 1 3 Others ...

Page 159: ...Standard Select the CVBS output standard to NTSC or PAL which must be the same with the video input standard Resolution Select the VGA HDMI output resolution which must be the same with the resolution of the monitor screen Time Zone Select the time zone Date Format Select the date format System Date Select the system date System Time Select the system time Mouse Pointer Speed Set the speed of mous...

Page 160: ...nter the General Settings interface Menu Configuration General 2 Choose DST Settings tab Figure 13 2 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox and then you choose the date of the DST period ...

Page 161: ...mber of device The Device No can be set in the range of 1 255 and the default No is 255 Output Mode Select the output mode to Standard Bright Gentle or Vivid CVBS Output Brightness Adjust the video output brightness Operation Timeout Set timeout time for menu inactivity E g when the timeout time is set to 5 Minutes then the system will exit from the current operation menu to live view screen after...

Page 162: ...elete user and configure user parameters 13 4 1 Adding a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User Figure 13 4 User Management Interface 2 Click the Add button to enter the Add User interface Figure 13 5 Add User Menu 3 Enter the information for new user including User Name Password Level and User s MAC Address Level Set the user level to Operator or Guest Different ...

Page 163: ...e remote user with this MAC address to access the device 4 Click the OK button to save the settings and go back to the User Management interface The added new user will be displayed on the list as shown in Figure 13 6 Figure 13 6 Added User Listed in User Management Interface 5 Select the user from the list and then click the button to enter the Permission settings interface Figure 13 7 User Permi...

Page 164: ...Remotely shutting down or rebooting the device Camera Configuration Remote Live View Remotely viewing live video of the selected camera s Local Manual Operation Locally starting stopping manual recording picture capturing and alarm output of the selected camera s Remote Manual Operation Remotely starting stopping manual recording picture capturing and alarm output of the selected camera s Local Pl...

Page 165: ...e a User 3 Click the icon to delete the selected user 13 4 3 Editing a User Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User 2 Select the user to be edited from the list Figure 13 9 Edit a User 3 Click the icon to enter the Edit User interface ...

Page 166: ...he menu 13 4 4 Changing Password of Admin Purpose The password of the admin user account can be changed in the User Management menu Steps 1 Enter the User Management interface Menu Configuration User 2 Click the Change Password tab to enter the Change Password menu Figure 13 11 Change Password 3 Enter the old password new password and confirm password on the menu 4 Click the Apply button to save t...

Page 167: ...face Menu Shutdown Figure 13 12 Shutdown Menu 2 Click the Logout button to log out or Click the Shutdown button to shut down the device or Click the Reboot button to reboot the device Note After you have logged out the system menu operation on the screen is invalid It is required a user name and password to login the system ...

Page 168: ...User Manual of PS 7900SI MI Series DVR 167 C H A P T E R 1 4 Appendix ...

Page 169: ...transceiver modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks DDNS Dynamic DNS is a method protocol or network service that provides the capability for a networked device such as a router or computer system using the Internet Protocol Suite to notify a domain name server to change in real time ad hoc the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames addresses or other information sto...

Page 170: ...e is correct c The dome decoder speed configuration is correct d The dome decoder address bit configuration is correct e That the main board RS 485 interface is not broken Why is there no video recorded after setting the motion detection If there are no recorded video after setting the motion detection please check a The recording schedule is setup correctly by following the steps listed in Config...

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